On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Sameer Verma<sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Benjamin M. > Schwartz<bmsch...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote: >> Sameer Verma wrote: >>> Hi Ben, >>> >>> So, you were referring to NM's inability to handle switching to hostap >>> (making the wireless card act as an AP)? http://hostap.epitest.fi/ >> >> I'm aware of hostapd. In fact, I'm running it right now on an Athlon box >> in the living room, which acts as my apartment's access point. > > Yes, I did the same for many years...quite a learning experience. We > used to run our college's network off a 133MHz Pentium laptop on RH 6 > :-) > >> I'm merely >> noting that hostapd (or equivalent) is not yet available via >> NetworkManager, so implementing AP mode in Sugar would require a >> significant restructuring of the networking code. > > Does the driver for Marvell chipset on the XO support hostapd (outside > of NM of course)?
I don't believe so. I remember hearing that there's not enough room in Flash on the XO1's Marvell chip for firmware that does both regular client/mesh as well as hostap. Bobby > Sameer >> >> --Ben >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel